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Quantum Information Supremacy
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Published: September 12, 2025 06:46
I’m thrilled that our paper entitled Demonstrating an unconditional separation between quantum and classical information resources, based on a collaboration between UT Austin and Quantinuum, is finally up on the arXiv. I’m equally thrilled that my coauthor…
For the record
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Published: September 4, 2025 20:39
In response to my recent blog posts, which expressed views that are entirely boring and middle-of-the-road for Americans as a whole, American Jews, and Israelis (“yes, war to destroy Hamas is basically morally justified, even if there are innocent…
Deep Gratitude
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Published: September 2, 2025 22:00
In my last post, I wrote about all the hate mail I’ve received these past few days. I even shared a Der-Stürmer-like image of a bloodthirsty, hook-nosed Orthodox Jew that some troll emailed me, after he’d repeatedly promised to send me a “diagram” that…
Staying sane on a zombie planet
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Published: August 31, 2025 20:25
Above is a typical sample of what’s been filling my inbox, all day every day. The emailers first ask me for reasoned dialogue—then, if I respond, they hit me with this stuff. I’m sharing because I think it’s a usefully accurate depiction of what several…
Deep Zionism
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Published: August 28, 2025 22:29
Suppose a man has already murdered most of your family, including several of your children, for no other reason than that he believes your kind doesn’t deserve to exist on earth. The murderer was never seriously punished for this, because most of your…
Updates!
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Published: August 14, 2025 00:50
(1) My 8-year-old son asked me last week, “daddy, did you hear that GPT-5 is now out?” So yes, I’m indeed aware that GPT-5 is now out! I’ve just started playing around with it. For detailed reports on what’s changed and how impressive it is compared to…
ChatGPT and the Meaning of Life: Guest Post by Harvey Lederman
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Published: August 5, 2025 02:19
Scott Aaronson’s Brief Foreword: Harvey Lederman is a distinguished analytic philosopher who moved from Princeton to UT Austin a few years ago. Since his arrival, he’s become one of my best friends among the UT professoriate. He’s my favorite kind of…
Quantum Complexity Theory Student Project Showcase #5 (2025 Edition)!
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Published: August 1, 2025 04:26
Sorry for the long blog-hiatus! I was completely occupied for weeks, teaching an intensive course on theoretical computer science to 11-year-olds (!), at a math camp in St. Louis that was also attended by my 8-year-old son. Soon I’ll accompany my…
BusyBeaver(6) is really quite large
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Published: June 28, 2025 16:21
For overdetermined reasons, I’ve lately found the world an increasingly terrifying and depressing place. It’s gotten harder and harder to concentrate on research, or even popular science writing. Every so often, though, something breaks through that wakes…
Raymond Laflamme (1960-2025)
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Published: June 24, 2025 05:04
Even with everything happening in the Middle East right now, even with (relatedly) everything happening in my own family (my wife and son sheltering in Tel Aviv as Iranian missiles rained down), even with all the rather ill-timed travel I’ve found myself…
Trump and Iran, by popular request
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Published: June 22, 2025 12:59
I posted this on my Facebook, but several friends asked me to share more widely, so here goes: I voted against Trump three times, and donated thousands to his opponents. I’d still vote against him today, seeing him as a once-in-a-lifetime threat to…